The good thing about art is that it comes in so many forms that anyone can appreciate it. I have written about art and led families doing crafts in fairs, community events and London parks. By nurturing links with many kinds of groups I was asked to share my skills with adults too, often new to art practices. The range of backgrounds helped me to work with a huge range of abilities and nationalities. Music is another aspect I developed by singing in a-cappella choirs for 15 years around London and English towns.

In the 70's art studies led to the explosion of murals and public art that stimulates us to be found in places as diverse as Plymouth, Bristol, Nottingham and Blackpool. Women artists have come to the fore and so have creatives with multiple ethnic identities - the kind of artists I featured in my art reviews in The Friend, a weekly Quaker national magazine. Recently reviewed Blackpool's Grundy Art Gallery Tate exhibition of Louise Bourgeois sculptures. It was printed in The Morning Star, Wednesday 6th September 2023.

Poetry, music, the arts all link together so we find film, theatre and cinema creative places to find rest and relaxation. But without committed work, the dreams of creativity remain just airy bubbles. We have to knuckle down and apply ourselves with a sensible guide like I am, to get going in the right direction. Otherwise, mediocre and subjective art drags us down instead of raising our horizons. So get going, and try your best.